Samuel, the oldest, was born in Ellis County. After attending the Kaufman High School for a term, he was appointed by Representative James S. Woods as a cadet in the A. & M. College. He entered the college in the fall of 1880 and soon afterwards died of typhoid fever. He was then twenty years old and was said to have been a very handsome and promising youth. His tombstone reads: AT | REST [within a victory wreath ] SAMUEL R. ANTHONY. | Son of [italics] | R. O. & A. U. ANTHONY | BORN | July 25, 1861. | DIED | Nov. 22, 1881. Note: The tombstone has fallen down and is broken in two places just at the bottom of the word "BORN." There are pictures of his tombstone in roll 211: 12 and 13. In the 1870 Texas Census he is listed as Samuel, 10, born in Texas. In the 1880 Texas Census he is listed as 17, unmarried, working as a printer, and iving with his half brother Vincent Woodbury Grubbs. He was probably working for the Kaufman Sun, which Vincent owned briefly in 1880. An account of his death on Tuesday, 22 Nov 1881, and the information concerningthe reception of his body in Kaufman the next day, Wednesday, and his burial in the Kaufman Cemetery on Thursday is printed in the "Kaufman Sun" (25 Nov 2001).
John W. Grubbs.
John W. Grubbs.
Samuel, the oldest, was born in Ellis County. After attending the Kaufman High School for a term, he was appointed by Representative James S. Woods as a cadet in the A. & M. College. He entered the college in the fall of 1880 and soon afterwards died of typhoid fever. He was then twenty years old and was said to have been a very handsome and promising youth. His tombstone reads: AT | REST [within a victory wreath ] SAMUEL R. ANTHONY. | Son of [italics] | R. O. & A. U. ANTHONY | BORN | July 25, 1861. | DIED | Nov. 22, 1881. Note: The tombstone has fallen down and is broken in two places just at the bottom of the word "BORN." There are pictures of his tombstone in roll 211: 12 and 13. In the 1870 Texas Census he is listed as Samuel, 10, born in Texas. In the 1880 Texas Census he is listed as 17, unmarried, working as a printer, and iving with his half brother Vincent Woodbury Grubbs. He was probably working for the Kaufman Sun, which Vincent owned briefly in 1880. An account of his death on Tuesday, 22 Nov 1881, and the information concerningthe reception of his body in Kaufman the next day, Wednesday, and his burial in the Kaufman Cemetery on Thursday is printed in the "Kaufman Sun" (25 Nov 2001).
John W. Grubbs.
John W. Grubbs.
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